State prison population climbs even higher

The state’s prison population continued its yearlong upward climb this week.

According to a new report filed Thursday by the Criminal Justice Policy & Planning Division, the average inmate population during the first week in July stood at 17,115, an increase of 108 prisoners – or a little less than 1 percent – above June’s level.

The latest population mark also represents a nearly 5 percent increase over January’s numbers.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s chief criminal justice policy adviser, Michael P. Lawlor, told The Mirror this week that this surge, which has interrupted a five-year steady decline in inmate levels, is due largely to complications in reforming the state’s parole system.

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration approved the controversial financing method for a University of Connecticut Health Center project that auditors say cost the state $77 million in “unnecessary” interest.